"It's an indication of their desperation," he said.
In an indication of the desperation, the government said soon after the revolution that it would add 450,000 temporary jobs to the public payroll; an extra seven million people applied, said Ahmed Galal, a prominent Egyptian economist.
The Lebanese government admits that it doesn't hold out much hope that others in the region will accept the proposal, but it is an indication of its increasing desperation as financial pledges fail to materialise.
They also said the attack an indication of Abu Sayyaf's desperation as it tries to fend off a military campaign and present a significant challenge to the next president, Benigno S. Aquino III.
And Professor Nick Fyfe, director, Scottish Institute for Policing Research, commented: "If a family has contacted mystics when a loved one is still missing, I suppose it's an indication of the family's desperation".
Other democratic leaders, like Zoran Djindjic and Zarko Korac, regard such attacks as an indication of Mr. Milosevic's desperation and anxiety on the eve of the first election he is likely to lose in his entire political career.
The deluge of real life Badoo spam on subway cars and giant billboards doesn't just offer some indication of the company's desperation: it hints of what happens on the Internet version too.
Assassinations and terrorist bombings can be a perverse indication of progress, American officials assert: signs of desperation.
But the growing desperation there is an indication of the impact of the bombing on civilians.
